History Hack
1,153 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 days ago - ★★★★★ - 67 ratingsWe are a slightly mad, always fun podcast bringing you all the History you love and a lot that you didn‘t know you‘d love until you heard it here! Recommended by BBC Radio, and presented by acclaimed historian Alexandra Churchill, Alina Nowobilska, Chris Sams and the rest of the awesome team!
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#48 History Hack: Rampage, 1945
April 27, 2020 12:51 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBWe go back to the 1945 and the Pacific today with James Scott. He joins us to talk about his book Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita and the Battle of Manila, and the plight of the Philippines in the Second World War. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#47 History Hack: The Second Chance
April 26, 2020 11:48 - 1 hour - 54.3 MBHoratio Hornblower himself, Ioan Gruffudd and Jamie Bamber, the faithful Archie, join us with naval historian Kate Jamieson for a fun, lengthy look back at the series that set their careers fully in motion. We talk fireships, mullets, Robert Lindsay and David Warner, runaway pigs and prostitutes, learn why bicorn hats are rubbish, talk about a possible return of the series and decide who really did push Captain Sawyer; as the chaps diligently work their way through your questions. Be ready t...
#46 History Hack: Bettany Hughes
April 25, 2020 12:57 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBAll you need is love. History goddess Bettany Hughes joins us to talk about Venus & Aphrodite, life under lockdown and her new TV series about The Odyssey. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#45 History Hack: Anzac Day
April 25, 2020 10:26 - 32 minutes - 22 MBFor Anzac Day, Australian Historian Mat McLachlan joins us to discuss the First World, Gallipoli and Australian National Identity. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#45 History Hack: Anzac Day
April 25, 2020 10:26 - 31 minutes - 22 MBFor Anzac Day, Australian Historian Mat McLachlan joins us to discuss the First World, Gallipoli and Australian National Identity.
#44 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 25, 2020 01:03 - 2 hours - 85.3 MBAuthor Clare Mulley, Peter Johnston of the National Army Museum, Dave Hartley of the National Museum of the Royal Navy and First World War Historian Bethany Moore join fans of the show to debate The Most Iconic British Battle in History. Judges Holmes and O'Connell preside. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
#43 History Hack: Richard III
April 24, 2020 13:18 - 36 minutes - 24.7 MBChris Skidmore, MP and former Minister for Universities, puts his history hat on to discuss his biography of Richard III. We take a look at the three phases of his life: Brother, Protector, King and examine the historiography that has led to him being one of Britain's most maligned monarchs. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. ...
#42 History Hack: Pole Position
April 24, 2020 10:28 - 24 minutes - 10.9 MBAlina tries her best to get away from WW2 and fails, but the result is a deeply interesting look at music, dance and culture in Poland in the inter-war period with Juliette Bretan, who tells us how a generation of music was cut short by the Nazis. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#41 History Hack: Hattiesburg, An American City in Black and White
April 23, 2020 14:14 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBBased on his award winning book, William Sturkey joins us for a poignant and eloquent discussion on African-American history, the Jim Crow South and the Civil Rights Movement, all through the eyes of one Mississippi town. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#40 History Hack: Vikings, Rebooted
April 22, 2020 13:06 - 49 minutes - 22.5 MBIt's an exciting time to be an archaeologist working on the Vikings! Cat Jarman and Tom Horne join us to discuss how the field is being blown wide open and why, and what it's revealing about the most famous warlords in history, aside from that they liked raiding and plundering... Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
#39 History Hack: Titanic Conspiracy Theories
April 21, 2020 13:36 - 55 minutes - 25 MBAuthor, historian and Project Manager at the Australian National Maritime museum, Inger Sheil, joins HH for a lighthearted look at some of the conspiracy theories surrounding the sinking of RMS Titanic. Alina hosts, while Inger and Alex play Titanic Whack-a-mole, and then nominate Luke Daly-Groves to fend off any ensuing madness… Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.h...
#38 History Hack: Toxic Nazis
April 20, 2020 14:08 - 45 minutes - 20.4 MBHistorian, author, and former Secret Service agent Dan Kaszeta joins Alex and Alina prior to the release of his book Toxic: A History of Nerve Agents from Nazi Germany to Putin's Russia; to discuss the early development of chemical warfare. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#37 History Hack: Missing: The Need for Closure After the First World War
April 19, 2020 12:04 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBAuthor Richard Van Emden and Director of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Victoria Wallace, join us to discuss how Britain approached, and still deals with her dead in the wake of the Great War. We learn about the burial of those lost, the commemoration of those who remained missing, why Richard has been adopting old people, and why he spent his university years in care homes. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https:...
#36 History Hack: Thomas Cromwell & Wolf Hall
April 18, 2020 13:17 - 31 minutes - 14.3 MBHistorian, author and broadcaster Tracy Borman joins us to talk about Thomas Cromwell and Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. We talk about how true to life her portrayal of the man is, what's "wrong" with it, the Tudors in popular culture, Tracy's new television tribute to Anne Boleyn and we give characters like the Duke of Norfolk and Anne's dad what they've had coming to them... Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://u...
#35 History Hack: Oral History
April 18, 2020 11:58 - 1 hour - 28.9 MBLt. Col Cameron Macnish (Ret.) talks about his personal experiences during Op Granby, the British Army's deployment to the Middle East following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#34 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 17, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 52.8 MBBrace yourselves. 5Live's Aaron Paul, The Football History Boys and Suburban Gooner join Alex, Alina (sort of), the Not-So-Honourable Judge Holmes, the Floppy-haired Klopp lookalike that is that Jonny Dyer and a very enthusiastic Villa fan to play Historical Fantasy Football. In nigh on two hours, we make fun of Steve Bruce's head, talk about some of the best players that the world has ever seen, runaway chickens, the benefits of a complimentary Lincolnshire sausage and Finland's greatest ex...
#33 History Hack vs. Peter Hart's Military History Podcast Mashup
April 17, 2020 16:39 - 56 minutes - 38.3 MBAs part of a new History Hack Oral History Initiative, Peter Hart and Gary Bain join Alex and Alina to present a workshop on the subject using Great War sources. Somewhere, amongst an unnatural amount of references to Richard Van Emden and the general, utter chaos that follows Pete like one of Gary's dog's farts, we talk about how to get the best out of an interview subject, how to analyse sources effectively, and how it can enhance your research. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/histor...
#32 History Hack: Pole Position Auschwitz 1940
April 17, 2020 11:17 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBAlina talks about the first mass transport to the infamous concentration camp in June 1940, and why it's important not to forget all groups persecuted by the Nazi's, and not to make assumptions about the people who lived nearby. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#32 History Hack: Pole Position
April 17, 2020 11:17 - 41 minutes - 18.8 MBAlina talks about the first mass transport to the infamous concentration camp in June 1940, and why it's important not to forget all groups persecuted by the Nazi's, and not to make assumptions about the people who lived nearby. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#31 History Hack: China: Superpower, Interrupted
April 16, 2020 13:05 - 39 minutes - 18 MBHistorian and journalist Michael Schuman joins Alex and Alina. Based on his new book Superpower, Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World, he picks out significant aspects in which China has influenced world history, looks at some key figures, talks about the future of Chinese relations with the west, and tells the girls what lockdown life is like in Beijing. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/sho...
#31 History Hack: Superpower, Interrupted
April 16, 2020 13:05 - 39 minutes - 18 MBHistorian and journalist Michael Schuman joins Alex and Alina. Based on his new book Superpower, Interrupted: The Chinese History of the World, he picks out significant aspects in which China has influenced world history, looks at some key figures, talks about the future of Chinese relations with the west, and tells the girls what lockdown life is like in Beijing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#30 History Hack: The Spy Who Loved
April 15, 2020 14:41 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBHistorian, author and journalist Clare Mulley joins us to talk about female SOE agents and in particular, the outstanding Krystyna Skarbek, AKA Christine Granville. Find out just what a woman had to go to as a secret agent, and why Clare would make an absolutely rubbish spy herself... Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acas...
#29 History Hack: Agrippina and Messalina
April 14, 2020 14:06 - 35 minutes - 16 MBCatharine Edwards discusses women of power in Ancient Rome. From family betrayal, scheming and back-stabbing to people getting beaten over the head with oars; it's not for those of a delicate disposition. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#28 History Hack: Checkpoint Charlie
April 13, 2020 14:04 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBPublisher and Historian Iain MacGregor joins Alex and Alina to discuss his book, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall and the results of his research tying together witnesses to every stage of its conception and existence. Find out how the people of Berlin lived in its shadow and why Lockdown workouts are not for the faint hearted. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www...
#27 History Hack: Sharpe's Reunion
April 12, 2020 12:13 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBMajor Sharpe himself, Sean Bean and Jason Salkey, Rifleman Harris, join Alex and Alina for Sharpe's Reunion. We discuss the highs and lows of filming, whilst the chaps reveal a unique insight into making the much loved series. Enjoy tales of toy soldiers, looting the set, lockdown in the Crimea and character sketches of fellow cast members including the late, much loved, Pete Postlethwaite; whilst your questions about the history that inspired it are put to Historian Zack White. Support us...
#26 History Hack: Dan Snow
April 11, 2020 11:35 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBTV super-historian Dan joins Alex and Alina to talk everything from covid-19 to climate change. Find out what he loves about his own research speciality, why History Hit is the answer to the lockdown blues, what book he'd love to write and why the Holland brothers make him look silly at cricket. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Aca...
#25 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 10, 2020 18:16 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBIt's back down to The Mary Rose for another virtual pub debate. This week Alex and Alina are joined by Lindsay Powell, Emma Sothon and Tony Keen, with enthusiasts, to argue their case for the greatest warlord of the ancient world. Posted with apologies to all fifteen year old boys, marketing managers and Sun Tzu. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com...
#24 History Hack: The Beauty and the Terror
April 10, 2020 13:04 - 29 minutes - 13.3 MBQueen of intrigue and 16th century skulduggery, Catherine Fletcher, joins Alex and Alina to discuss her new book and rewriting the renaissance. Get ready for war, famine, disease, frightening innovations as well as ninja turtles and plans for a post-coved-19 road trip. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
#23 History Hack: Pole Position
April 10, 2020 10:05 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBHistorian and academic Włodzimierz Borodziej joins Alex and Alina for a discussion on the tragic, heroic events of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944.
#23 History Hack: Pole Position
April 10, 2020 10:05 - 24 minutes - 10.9 MBHistorian and academic Włodzimierz Borodziej joins Alex and Alina for a discussion on the tragic, heroic events of the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#22 History Hack: Dying to Look Good
April 09, 2020 14:34 - 39 minutes - 17.6 MBAlex and Alina are joined by US historian Carolyn Day to discuss, well, lunacy. In a world where everyone is hiding to stay healthy, we talk about mad Georgians and early Victorians who went out of their way to look like they were dying of disease and why. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...
#21 History Hack: Atlantis is Fake
April 08, 2020 14:55 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBUnderwater Archaeologist Peter Campbell joins Alex and Alina to deliver a crash course in his subject. Find out all about sunken cities, close shaves, grave-robbing, shipwrecks. not to mention hidden caves; and prepare to be disappointed when he tells us why the Lost City of Atlantis isn't real. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acas...
#20 History Hack: Reimagining Old Japan
April 07, 2020 12:11 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBAuthor and Historian Lesley Downer joins us to share her love of Japanese history and culture. From geishas, to Dutch merchants, to enforced assimilation with the west, we find out how a love of all things Japanese impacts her writing and why Whats'app is keeping people going. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
#19 History Hack: First to Fight
April 06, 2020 14:09 - 39 minutes - 17.9 MBRoger Moorhouse joins Alex and Alina to talk all about his latest book First to Fight. Find out all you need to know about the Polish campaign of 1939, why it played out the way it did, and why Guy Walters lacked the mechanical know-how to fix his lawnmower under lockdown... Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
#18 History Hack: 1536
April 05, 2020 11:29 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBSuzannah Lipscomb joins Alex and Alina to talk about the year that changed everything for Henry VIII. We talk wives, bastards, church reform, rebellions and why avoiding the news as much as possible during the Covid-19 crisis is about the only way to stay sane. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...
#17 History Hack: The Brothers Holland
April 04, 2020 13:54 - 59 minutes - 40.3 MBHistorical bros Tom and James Holland join us to answer you classical, religious and WW2 questions, talk about how they grew to love history together and recall some of the greatest matches in cricket history as a potentially wasted season approaches. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#16 History Hack: Down the Pub
April 03, 2020 18:10 - 1 hour - 82.3 MBJoin the gang at The Mary Rose virtual pub for another history debate. Alex and Alina are joined by judges The-Not-So-Honourable Holmes and Lord Klopp-Dyer for an oft-riotous discussion on History's Nastiest Villain. Panelists include Historians Rebecca Rideal, Emma Southon and Benedict Holme. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast....
#15 History Hack: The Truth is Out There
April 03, 2020 14:18 - 38 minutes - 87.7 MBIsraeli historian and archaeologist Gilad Jaffe joins Alex and Alina to give you a crash course in Biblical Archaeology. How easy is it to marry up evidence on the ground with the contents of the good book? And what are the pitfalls of being too desperate to make it happen? And what has happened to Gilad's Indiana Jones hat? Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.histor...
#14 History Hack: Pole Position
April 03, 2020 10:50 - 53 minutes - 120 MBBrace yourselves, this is something to get really stuck into. Sławomir Debski, Director of the Polish Institute of International Affairs, joins Alex and Alina to discuss Poland's relationship with Russia, Munich and the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. A rare chance to hear a total powerhouse on the subject. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on...
#13 History Hack: Victorian Freak Shows
April 02, 2020 15:07 - 32 minutes - 73.3 MBAlex and Alina are joined by rising history star John Woolf to talk all about his book The Wonders and the Victorian Freak Show. Equally heartbreaking as it is fun, we learn about performers through history, the lives they led, and why even if The Greatest Showman was actually a git, Hugh Jackman is still gorgeous. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod....
#12 History Hack: Football's 50 Most Important Moments
April 01, 2020 16:21 - 45 minutes - 102 MBAlex and Alina are joined by Gareth Thomas and Ben Jones, the award winning Football History Boys, as they bring you some history to fill the sporting void. Teams, players, moments, rule changes, tragedies and the matches that have shaped the history of the beautiful game; as well as some admissions to random Covid19 purchases of absolute nonsense. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack ...
#11 History Hack: Belgium in WW1
March 31, 2020 19:25 - 38 minutes - 85.8 MBAlex and Alina interview Belgian historians Gregory Verfaillie and Martial Masschelein about their country’s experience of the Great War. Learn about refugees, holding off the German invasion, prostitution and unwed mothers, how Belgians still live with the war every day, and why they’ve all been panic buying headache tablets. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.his...
#10 History Hack: Crucible of Hell
March 30, 2020 15:21 - 37 minutes - 33.4 MBJoin Alex and Alina as they talk to Saul David about his smash hit new book: Crucible of Hell: Okinawa, the Last Great Battle of the Second World War. Saul puts the battle into context, explains the thought process behind Kamikaze pilots, the truth about Hacksaw Ridge, the morality of dropping atomic bombs and makes our day with the revelation that gin and tonic might be all you need to combat Covid-19. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack B...
#9 History Hack: Mastering the Middle Ages
March 29, 2020 13:42 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBScholar and TV Historian Dan Jones joins Alex and Alina for a Medieval Q&A. Learn about what he’s working on now, how you go about writing an epic, who his favourite (dead) women are, why Philippa Gregory novels should not form the basis of conpiracy theories, and how to home school like a boss. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted ...
#8 History Hack: Hail Mary!
March 28, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 46 MBThe undisputed Queen of Antiquity joins Alex and Alina for a Q&A session. Mary Beard tackles your questions with tales of plagues, Pompeii, parenting and porn. Find out about the Roman equivalent of Trip Advisor, how to swear in Latin, why gin and tonic fixes everything, and why personal grooming during a pandemic is for wimps. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.hi...
#7 History Hack: Down the Pub
March 27, 2020 15:42 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBNaval philistines and Judges the Not-So-Honourable Andrew Holmes and the Downright-Sozzled Alina Nowobilska are subjected by Alex to a debate on the greatest ship ever built at our first Friday night virtual pub session. The winning vessel will constitute the name of the boozer from now on, so listen as enthusiasts and experts, including representatives from the Mary Rose Museum and the Australian National Maritime Museum, make the case for the favourites in a semi-chaotic and jovial podcast...
#6 History Hack: Blitz Spirit
March 27, 2020 09:30 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBWe keep hearing about the need to embrace it in the face of Covid-19, but what is "Blitz Spirit?" Did it even exist? Historian and Consultant Joshua Levine joins us to talk about his hit book The Secret History of the Blitz. Learn about the parallels between 1940 and now; we ask how badly did people behave, and were the authorities prepared? Hear about the dark side of this fabled period of British history, why Sooty the bear was disturbing, and why garden centres near Josh need to up their ...
#5 History Hack: Pole Position
March 27, 2020 07:43 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn the first in this weekly English language series with a focus on Polish History, Alex and Alina talk to Dr. Pawel Markiewicz about his research into German/Ukrainian Collaboration in the General Government during WW2. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyhack Merch: https://www.historyhackpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
#4 History Hack: Providence Lost
March 26, 2020 12:23 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBHistorian and Editor of History Today Paul Lay discusses his new book Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of the English Republic with Alex and Alina. Find out some of what made the incredibly complex character of Oliver Cromwell tick before, during, and after the Civil War. Learn all about his Puritan vision for England and brace yourself for an increase in lunacy on social media. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books: https://uk...
#3 History Hack: George V & Edward VIII
March 25, 2020 12:36 - 40 minutes - 36.4 MBExperience the surreal. Alina interviews Alex about the deteriorating relationship between George V and Edward VIII and her research into how it impacted the abdication in 1937. Hear about the Royal family dynamic in WW1, find out if George V really was a terrible father and get a sneak peak into what currently redundant BBC football commentators are up to with all their new-found freedom. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/historyhack Tips: https://ko-fi.com/historyhack Buy the books...